To The Random No Man’s Sky Players Who Gave Me Free Stuff

Hi. You probably don’t remember me. I was the chubby Gek pilot exploring the Nexus for the first time when you both handed me some supplies. I didn’t catch your names, but I want to say thank you! I’m betting all the credits in my spacesuit that I looked pretty lost. My last go at…

Metacritic Will Now Make Users Wait 36 Hours Before Posting Reviews

Weeks after The Last of Us Part 2 was review bombed on Metacritic, the video game review aggregation website now requires people to wait more than a day after a game’s release to submit their personal reviews. Metacritic publicizes two review scores for any game: the Metascore based on critic reviews and the User Score…

GameStop Will Require All Customers To Wear Face Masks [UPDATE: But Employees Can’t Enforce It]

GameStop will require all customers to wear face masks in its United States locations starting on July 27, the company announced via press release today. “We believe this is the right thing to do to ensure the health, safety and well-being of our associates and customers from the growing spread of COVID-19,” said GameStop CEO…

Tips For Playing Ghost Of Tsushima

Ghost of Tsushima, out today for PlayStation 4, is a lot of game. As Jin Sakai, one of Tsushima’s last surviving samurai, you’re singularly tasked with the goal of repelling an entire Mongol fleet. No sweat, right? The truth is it actually is no sweat, once you learn the ropes. The following compendium will help…

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Tips For Playing Paper Mario: The Origami King

The world’s most famous plumber (or not) returns to a two-dimensional state in Paper Mario: The Origami King, out today for Nintendo Switch. This latest entry in Nintendo’s long-running formerly-an-RPG series both sticks to formula (Peach needs saving again) and bucks it (the battle system is one-of-a-kind). Whatever you’re expecting, know this: You’re bound to…

How To Efficiently Upgrade Your Skills And Gear In Ghost Of Tsushima

You’ve surely heard about Ghost of Tsushima’s overwhelming large open-world. But Sucker Punch’s action-adventure game is also overwhelming in a different way: In the first few hours, you’re given access to a mind-boggling number of skills to unlock and gear to upgrade. It’s enough to make a new player’s head spin with indecision. When you…

Nintendo Veteran Explains Some Of The Restrictions Around Creating New Paper Mario Characters

Last month, Nintendo revealed that some of Paper Mario: The Origami King’s boss fights would be against office supplies instead of traditional Mario villains, and a new interview sheds some light on why. “Since Paper Mario: Sticker Star, it’s no longer possible to modify Mario characters or to create original characters that touch on the…

Square Enix is launching a new label for action games called Balan Company. It’s an international development collective for games, moving images, and music. Currently, there is a website, which teases future announcements.

Track: Fly Me to the Moon | Artist: Tony Bennett | Album: N/A (Live At Home) 

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Ghost Of Tsushima‘s Loading Times Are So Good That They Had To Be Nerfed

Ghost of Tsushima, out tomorrow, features some of the fastest loading times I’ve seen in a modern game despite its beautiful, expansive environments. They’re so short, in fact, that it’s often hard to read more than one or two of the gameplay tips the developers included as filler between gameplay. But it was almost even…

Yoshi’s Tax Fraud Story: A Hardboiled Detective Tale

He came into my office, shadows trailing in behind him like he was being followed by the specter of Death. He was a short, squat man; Italian, by the look of him. Honest guy, works with his hands for a living. My guess: plumber. I don’t see too many plumbers on my beat. It’s mostly…

Ghost Of Tsushima’s Best Early Charm Will Have You Rolling In Loot

After an hour of flashbacks and melodrama, Ghost of Tsushima, out tomorrow for PlayStation 4, cuts you loose in an open world. The game features a whale-sized map, full of a dizzying amount of question marks and fogged-up regions. With all those options, it can be hard to know where to start. So here’s some…